Novel ornament and clip



July 28,1953 A, RINEHART 2,646,668

NOVEL ORNAMENT AND CLIP Filed Feb. 17, 1950 Patented July 28, 1953UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NOVEL ORNAMENT AND our AlanG. Rinehart, NewYork, N. Y.

Application February 17, 1950, Serial No. 144,774

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to cravats and in particular to a novelornament which may be utilized in place thereof.

Cravats or ties are intended to adorn the neck of a person wearing adress-type shirt. Normally, shirts of this type have means thereon forsecuring the collars in a closed relationship on the neck of the wearer.Thus, the absence of a cravat is readily observable and detracts fromthe neat appearance commonly associated with this combination. Specialsport-type shirts are provided, however, to be worn without a tie andwith the neck open or closed. In the latter, the blank appearance of aclosed-neck sports shirt requires a supplemental ornament to present a Aneat appearance.

Therefore, it is an important object of this invention to provide anovel ornament which may be rapidly and readily secured to the neckpieceof either sports-type or dress-type shirts.

Another object provides for resilient means which are integral with thenovel ornament and upon the compression thereof, permits the insertionor removal of the ornament relative to the shirt collar.

Still another object resides in the provision of means which will anchorthe ornament in position preventing the slipping thereof.

Other ancillary objects will be apparent from the following detaileddescription when read in the light of the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a rear elevational view of the ornament and retaining clip.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line .2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ornament illustrating the openingcharacterisics of the clip when compressed.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an isometric projection of the retaining clip.

Fig. '7 is an elevational view of a second embodiment of the retainingclip.

Referring to Fig. 1, the ornament may be formed in the shape of a shieldl0 and is preferably constructed of a resilient material, such asrubber. Imbedded in the shield is are the ends ll, [2 of a retainingmember 13. In assembly, the retaining member I3 is positioned to lieadjacent a recess [4, Figs. 2 and 5, wherein the sides l5, l6 of shieldI!) extend rearwardly sufiicient to conceal the member [3. The member l3lies entirely within the limits of the area bounded by the arc of theshield l0 and the plane on which the sides l5, l6 terminate. As isparticularly well illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6, the member [3 is of anelongated U-shape and has the ends II, [2 thereof turned forwardly thenextend laterally, at an angle of approximately 45 relative to thevertical member l3. Formed on the inner surface of the lower extremityof member [3 are plural protrusions 20 which provide a holding means ashereinafter disclosed.

In the recess l4, Figs. 1 and 2, a relatively large protrusion 2| isprovided and has on the outer surface thereof, plural smallerprotrusions 22 which further the anti-slipping features of theinvention.

The novel relationship of the member I3 to the shield In, Fig. 3, isillustrated by the finger 23 and thumb 24. Pressure on yieldable sidesl5, N5 of the shield ID by the digits v23, 24 compresses the ends H andI2 downwardly, decreasing. the aforementioned angular relationship andforcing the remainder of the member l3 outwardly and away from theshield proper, the normal position being illustrated in Fig. 2 and theextended or open position being illustrated in Fig. 4. Thus, theornament may be applied to a shirt collar, not shown, having collarsecuringmeans generally in the form of a button which is adapted. toreside in the recess M. The upper portion of recess 14 receives theshirt button or other securing means therein. The subsequent releasingof the pressure on sides I5, l6 permits the member l3 to return tonormal position,

' wherein the protrusions 20 thereon engage the shirt. The shirt buttonis pressed into the recess l4 and is retained therein by means of themember l3 and the ledge l9 formed in the protrusion 2|, thus preventingslipping or moving of the shield upwardly or downwardly. Analogously,the shirt material is pressed against the protrusions 22, by the member13 and movement of the shield relative to the shirt is furtherprevented. Also, the wider sections of the member l3- (adjacent the leadline from I3 in Fig. 1) press the shirt fabric against the adjacentsurfaces of portion l5-l6 and further prevent relative movement betweenshirt and ornament. The proximity of the forwardly turned portions ofmember Hi to each other provides for the application of the ornament toa dress-shirt collar having a narrow space between the tabs thereof. Thetab of the collar thereby limits lateral movement of the ornament.

The elongated recess M is provided for the reception therein of a zipperpull-tab, not shown, when the ornament is utilized on a garment havingthat type of closure. In the event of a relatively large pull-tab therecess l4 cooperates with the ledge I9 of the protrusion 2| to positionthe ornament thereon. The retaining clip l3 in all instances,effectively Securing the ornament to the article of apparel.

While the invention, as shown, is applied to a shield-like member,various other forms could readily be substituted therefor.

In removing the novel ornament, pressure by the aforementioned digitsreleases all the gripping means, thus enabling the wearer to rapidlydisengage the member l3 from the shirt.

An alternate embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 7,wherein, a retaining member 26 is shown. Member 26 is similar to member13 except for the shape thereof and has a cross-bar 2'! secured to thetwo vertical sides. The circular aperture formed by the upper portionsof member 25 and the cross-bar 21 is adapted to receive a shirt buttontherein. The bar 21 co-acting with the aforementioned protrusion 2! toanchor the ornament in position. Although the preferable application ofthe invention is on a shirt collar, it could be readily employed as anornament on other types of apparel and may be used on other parts ofconventional garments. For instance, a lady may wear one of theembodiments attached at the upper end of a pocket on a blouse. In thisinstance, the clip acts in the same fashion as heretofore described andeffectively secures the ornament against relative movement on thegarment.

In connection with the use of the article of the present invention onshirts with slide factener closures extending up the front, the articleis especially useful in retaining the tab in locked position, i. e.,generally parallel with the face of the garment. Various lookingarrangements are employed in connection with the slides which actuatethe fastener elements. Included in these are the pin-lock type, theautomatic lock and the cam type. As long as the pull tab remains in itsparallel position relative to the fastener chain the slide is locked.The present article prevents raising of the pull tab and hence unlockingof the slide.

While two forms or embodiments of the invention have been shown anddescribed herein for illustrative purposes, and the construction andarrangement incidental to a specific application thereof have beendisclosed and discussed in detail, it is to be understood that theinvention is limited neither to the more details or relative arrangementof parts, nor to its specific embodi ment shown herein, but thatextensive deviations from the illustrated forms or embodiments of theinvention may be made without departing from the principles thereof.

What I claim is:

I. An ornament structure of the character described adapted to bedetachably secured to an article of apparel and comprising a memberforming the ornament and made from resilient material whose front faceis generally convex and whose rear face is generally concave intransverse, horizontal section and which latter face is formed with avertical recess, a generally U shaped retaining member normallypositioned partly within said recess, the upper end portions of saidretaining member extending forwardly, and then downwardly and outwardly,the terminals of said portions being embedded within said resilientmember adjacent the upper end of said recess, whereby when the opposedvertical edges of said member are compressed together the lower portionof the retaining member will move rearwardly from the recess to permitinsertion of the article of apparel between the ornament and theretaining member.

2. An ornament structure of the character described adapted to bedetachably secured to an article of apparel and comprising a memberforming the ornament and made from resilient material whose front faceis generally convex and whose rear face is generally concave intransverse, horizontal section and which latter face is formed with avertical recess, a generally U- shaped retaining member formed of wirenormally positioned at least partly within said recess, the upper endportions of said retaining member extending forwardly, and thendiagonally downwardly and outwardly, the terminals of said portionsbeing embedded within said resilient member adjacent the upper end ofsaid recess, whereby when the opposed vertical edges of said member arecompressed together toward each other the angularity between theembedded terminals will be decreased and the lower portion of theretaining member will be forced rearwardly from the recess to permitinsertion of the article of apparel between the ornament and theretaining member.

3. An ornament structure of the character described adapted to bedetachably secured to an article of apparel and comprising a shield-likemember forming the ornament and made from resilient material whose frontface is generally convex and whose rear face is generally concave intransverse, horizontal section and provided with a centrally disposedrearwardly extending protrusion and having a vertical recess above andbelow the protrusion, a generally Ushaped retaining member formed ofwire normally positioned at least partly within said recess, the

upper end portions of said retaining member extending forwardly, andthen diagonally downwardly and outwardly, the terminals of said portionsbeing embedded within said resilient member adjacent the upper end ofsaid recess, whereby When the opposed vertical edges of said member arecompressed toward each other the embedded terminals of the retainingmember will be forced into a more nearly parallel relationship and thelower portion of the retaining member will move rearwardly from therecess to permit the insertion of the article of apparel between theornament and the retaining member, the retaining member normallyresiliently acting against the protrusion and restraining relativemovement between the ornament structure and the article of apparel.

ALAN G. RZNEHART.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 581,111 Goodwin Apr. 20, 1397 1,774,033 Myers et al Aug. 26,1930 2,498,066 Challinor Feb. 21, 1950

